Presenter: Niall Fraser, Open Options Corp.
Presented at the 2009 DAAG Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Session 4 - Decision Making Under High Volatility.
What happens to decision making processes when extreme volatility replaces a more accustomed environment of uncertainty that is nonetheless more or less stable? This session focused on this question and the economic situation in 2009, in which substantial volatility resulted in many individuals being "frozen” and unable to make decisions.
This presentation explores the forces behind player volatility in the current economic crisis, and examines the case of IBM championing Linux in an environment of player volatility in 2001 - 2003. Keywords: Technology, game theory gtnegot, volatility, cultr, negotiations